Michael Dervage

Kathryn's lover, father, brother, son of Minar and Belva, skier, former climber, former software engineer, former paralegal

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

It’s not at all clear that the book-banning movement was started by earnest parents who wanted the best for their kids.

Like so many things that seem wrong in our country, it has dark money’s fingerprints all over it.

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Could not agree more!
The news media is failing us in 2 ways:
1. their effort to be "fair and balanced" leads them to provide equal coverage to criminal acts and hate speech on the one hand, and a President who is (and has) done huge things for Americans. Like inflation (IRA).

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

Here’s what I don’t get: this administration’s reworking of global relationships is the biggest story in at least a generation in foreign affairs— probably more. Why on earth would you downplay that major story to focus on Biden’s well-earned weariness after an epic all-nighter?

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

The lip posture he uses to kiss #tRump's ASS!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

What’s the first word you think of when you see Kevin McCarthy?

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

You lie and your lies are undermining the military and national security. The @SenateGOP should not allow your ignorance to jeopardize national defense.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

JUST NOW: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias SILENCES Lindsey Graham during a hearing on Republican book banning:

He says it PERFECTLY. 👇

“Don’t let one parent who disagrees with a certain world view determine whether a book should be in a library.

That goes against the very point of our Democracy, (it hinders) the means to educate our youth, and to allow them to think for themselves.”

Illinois is the first state to enact a law that requires state libraries uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval.

Smash that heart if you agree books should be READ and not BANNED! 💙

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

RIGHT ON! Yo, News Media!
"You're not being 'fair and balanced' when you are giving equal time to corruption and criminality and incompetence."

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Watching the abysmal media coverage of President Biden’s wildly successful G20 trip just solidifies for me how much our media is failing us.

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

We do need younger Dem leaders - for the 2028 election cycle.
And it further makes me sick when I see Judy Woodruff touring with this #GriftersOwnParty polster, inviting #tRumpers to spew their ignorant vitriol.
I think polling is an UNSCIENTIFIC pot of BS!

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Could not agree more!
I generally love @NewsHour but when I see Amy (Cook Political) going on and on about Biden's age, it makes me sick. Sure, Biden is 80 but #tRump is 77 and no one is fulminating about that criminal.
1/2

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Watching the abysmal media coverage of President Biden’s wildly successful G20 trip just solidifies for me how much our media is failing us.

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Yes, me.
My wife, also fully vaxxed, had a mild symptomatic case , got Paxlovid, no rebound, symptoms lasted 2-3 days.

[D Manning @DManning41]

@MichaelDervage @LongTimeHistory I taught it for years in 9th and 10th grade English classes. I started the backgrounding and temporal setting with a chart of lynchings in the early to mid 30s. I wouldn’t change a thing if I was still teaching it.

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Sure, tell me more about the post-racial society in the south. Or anywhere.
https://t.co/tI0EQyHEKN

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Excellent interview of Miles Taylor by Michel Martin.

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

"Fox News pillorying President Biden and his administration [...] the White House has often attacked the credibility of Fox, the nation’s leading source of conservative news, the nation’s leading source of conservative news."

And Fox isn't "News" at all.
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[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Terrible example of "both-sides-ism".
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White House Condemns Fox News Over Host’s Holocaust Comments https://t.co/O8hE6Mre0f

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

Arkansas doctor involved in healthcare fraud?
Shocking - not.

https://t.co/QcVfnJQTQ3

[Michael Dervage @MichaelDervage]

George Santos is the mascot of the #GriftersOwnParty.

How George Santos Used Political Connections to Fuel Get-Rich Schemes https://t.co/o1m5qYzE6c

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Alright, who made this?! 😂🤣

[RioHerring 🌻 @RioHerring]

TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!

''Push children at risk of drowning into a river filled with razor wire.''

''A 19 year old girl was trapped in the Texas razor wire & had a miscarriage.''

How could they think that killing or injuring anyone trying to seek asylum is not in violation of the international law for refugee protections??
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Fresh

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Dear Republicans,
Here we f’ng go.
AGAIN -

There was no ‘upside’ to slavery. There was no fucking “benefit” to being a slave.
And if you’re actually out there saying that “Jews survived the Holocaust by being useful”, then perhaps you need to be reminded, just for starters, that Jews were sorted the day they arrived in some camps and were immediately murdered. And that doesn’t even BEGIN to describe the atrocities carried out against those HUMAN BEINGS irrespective of ANY consideration of “usefulness”.

What you’re suggesting is grotesque, so just fucking stop.

And if you’re saying this twisted shit for “clicks” or because you think it will “distract” us from the shitshow that is your hateful cult of a party, then it’s even more reprehensible, so fuck you.

Frankly, fuck you anyway.